In the State of Strongman, a Trump order turns off freedom

His father walked into a forest and killed in Cambodia as many victims of Khmer Rouge. Before he walked away, the father was compromised by his young son, Uon Chhin, and to make up the truth.

Decades later, Mr. Uon Chhin became a journalist during the Muckring Tayda of the free press in Cambodia. However, in 2017, he and Radio FREE was accused of spying my colleague in Asia. Nine-month imprisonment accepted human rights erosion in Cambodia That lateIt has been a young democracy for a long time that makes a dashed dynasty.

Now, the American Foreign Assistance and President Trump’s Executive Power Last month Gout American funded news media The voice of free Asia and America in Cambodia remains in a free speech in Cambodia. The United States was annulled, including those who supported the thirty project, civil society and independent media-sponsored by the International Development Agency.

This is a tectonic change in the southeast Asian nation, a laboratory for the international media democracy building in the South-East Asian nation, then fell into a strong state.

And this emphasizes the rise of another power, wants to influence a model to develop a small country for a small country and to develop a rapidly growing economy.

Like chinaMr. Hun Sen, Radio FREE Asia and America’s voice, Mr. Trump’s implementation, noted the executive order. It would be the main contribution to silence American-funded news organizations, “fake news, disinformation, lies, distortions, distortions, distortions, distortions, distortions and chaos.”

Two years ago, Mr. Hun, Sen, nominal, handed over the rule to his eldest son, Hun Manet. There is Mr. Hun Manet studying at the West Point at the US Military Academy The course has not changed. (The power of the power of the power of the power, the head of the Fleet and the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Minister of Defense was increased.)

Today, almost every independent media output is closed in Cambodia, although some are still free asian, as a release of Asia operates. Political parties have been resolved by the cunning judiciary. Hundreds of Cambodia in prison or exile, where the country’s autocratic transformation is reduced. In January a Veteran opposition politician was conspired On the streets of Bangkok, a shot of Thai police related to one Two Mr. He advises you.

“Cambodia, RFA, Khmer is the latest independent media outlets,” said Bay Fang, President of the broadcaster, referring to the local language service, which is eight million Facebook followers. “If the ruling party is completely managed by the party narrative. It is not surprising that Hun said the news of the possible demolition of RFA.”

After releasing from prison, Mr. Uon Chhin, in the end, found a job in a news team that occurred on the edge of other closed media outlets. Half of the group’s annual budget, the $ 810,000 budget came from American aid. Collective, called CambodiaThere is enough money to work only until June. They stopped providing drinking water in the office to save $ 30 per month.

“My colleagues and I know that something like this happens in Cambodia, but we did not expect America,” said Mr. Uon Chhin. “Cambodia and America are like they are.”

There are Cambodian news that earn money. The Hun criticizes the criticism of corruption and human rights with the permission of the Hun family and its cribs, including the US Treasury Department. The most popular is called fresh news and is broadcast online in Khmer, English and Chinese. The referee led by the rulings last year commanded the People’s Party of the People’s Party, including all officials, whatsapp or signal, more fresh news messaging services.

“There is more freedom in some countries in Cambodia, in some countries in the region,” Lim Cheavutha, the founder of the Information Party and the case of the information party, is the chief out of the mouthpiece.

Like the United States and other Western nations, such as Sweden, financing independent media and democratic institutions, China, this was staged by the money, as it was not related to frustrating human rights.

Those who traveled last summer, 25, 25, 25, and those who traveled with other Cambodian journalists and affect every expenses paid in China. Surprised in modern buildings and in the pure streets. He produced 20 tourism and culture stories from his visit.

“We do not have freedom of expression in Cambodia,” said Mrs. Heng Sreylin, who worked for a small speech that focuses on things like travel stories and famous news. “I do the stories that don’t lead to problems. I don’t want to touch politics.”

Independent journalists were absorbed to the government. The Minister of Information Neth Pheethtra has once again editor the detection of corruption, political finance and oligarchs, political property and oligarchs.

He now praises the Hun dynasty and listed flattering facts about Mr. Hun Maneti in an interview in a large office full of trees and filled with gilded scripts.

“Our Prime Minister himself is followed by Tiktok and Social Media and Facebook,” he said. “Sometimes local people read comments on their phone.”

Mr Neth Peakra, before being the Minister of Information in 2023, because before Cambodia, he said he could not answer questions about the media raid connecting them.

Soy Sopheap worked for the Japanese news agency before considering the pro-government political Pundistry. Now is the Cambodian Chinese Co-President of the Cambodian Chinese Union of Cambodian-Chinese Journalists, which organizes media tours to China. (He did not know why his Chinese counterpart was and why for work.)

In the building of the group, a diplomat from the Chinese embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, the Chinese embassy, ​​”Promotion of positive news about two countries” celebrated.

“Human rights are words that love to use the West,” Mr. Soy Sofeap said. “But China is a reliable friend for Cambodia.”

ITH Sothoeut, the launch of a new journalist, lost US financing on the online news site. The previous employer, the voice of democracy, came out of ether waves in 2023. America does not know how to continue without support and it is not sure of the arrest. But he said, He will continue to stand for a free expression.

“If you go with the flow, you are a dead fish.” “If you fight the current, don’t say.”